A win is on the minds of both RR and RCB, who come into Sunday’s clash on the back of defeats in their respective last games. While RCB sits fourth in the standings with three wins out of five, RR is seventh with one less win coming in the same number of matches.
But everyone’s eyes during the action in Jaipur will be the battle between RCB's opening pair of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli, and RR's in-form express fast bowler Jofra Archer, who has rediscovered his fiery pace after a lean outing in first two games. Apart from Archer, veteran pacer Sandeep Sharma has been in great form.
But the rest of the RR bowling line-up needs to step up, especially after suffering a crushing 58-run loss to Gujarat Titans (GT), where their absence of a sixth bowling option stood out. RR will also need the likes of Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana to bat aggressively for a longer period, so that a platform is set for Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer to dominate.
